basil

basilic

Feuilles parfumées du basilic utilisées pour donner du goût aux aliments.

En anglais simple : The sweet-smelling leaves of a small plant, used to add flavour to food.

• Add some basil to the sauce.
• She sprinkled fresh basil over the salad.
• Does this pasta dish contain dried basil?

Expressions courantes : fresh basil, chopped basil, add basil

basilic

Petite plante aux feuilles vertes, tendres et parfumées, souvent cultivée pour la cuisine.

En anglais simple : A small plant with soft, sweet-smelling green leaves, often grown for cooking.

• We grow basil in a pot.
• The basil needs more sunlight.
• She planted basil beside the tomatoes.

Expressions courantes : grow basil, basil plant, plant basil

basilic

Une des diverses plantes proches du basilic habituellement utilisé en cuisine.

En anglais simple : Any of various plants closely related to the common cooking herb with sweet-smelling leaves.

• Holy basil grows in the garden.
• The botanist compared several species of basil.
• This wild basil has a different scent from the familiar kitchen herb.

Expressions courantes : holy basil, wild basil, lemon basil

biseau

Surface ou angle incliné obtenu en affûtant le tranchant d’un outil servant à travailler le bois.

En anglais simple : The sloping angle made by grinding the cutting edge of a woodworking tool.

• The chisel has a narrow basil.
• The joiner checked the basil before sharpening the tool.
• Grinding changed the basil of the plane blade.

Synonymes : bevel

Expressions courantes : basil angle, chisel basil, grind the basil

biseauter

Affûter le bord coupant d’un outil pour lui donner une forme inclinée et tranchante.

En anglais simple : To grind a tool's cutting edge so that it forms a sharp, sloping angle.

• The joiner will basil the chisel.
• He basiled the blade on a grinding stone.
• Basil the edge carefully before using the tool.

Synonymes : bevel

Expressions courantes : basil a chisel, basil the edge, basil a blade